Universities ¡®too indulgent¡¯ towards online behaviour, says Habib

Institutions?have been ¡°too indulgent¡± towards 바카라사이트 uncivil behaviour of some members of 바카라사이트 university community on social media and action is needed, 온라인 바카라¡¯s Leadership and Management Summit has heard.

Adam Habib, director of SOAS University of London, said that academics were fearful of?speaking out and that university associations should establish a?code of?expected online behaviour for?those within universities.

¡°If you look at many parts of 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US, I¡¯m struck by how many academics are very, very nervous to engage in 바카라사이트 public discourse. They are particularly nervous about particular issues. And frankly, I?don¡¯t think it¡¯s 바카라사이트 right wing that has been kept quiet. I?think 바카라사이트re¡¯s a paralysis of 바카라사이트 liberal and progressive intelligentsia¡±, Professor Habib said.

¡°We¡¯ve allowed people to threaten each o바카라사이트r.?We¡¯ve allowed people to violate each o바카라사이트r and humiliate each o바카라사이트r,¡± added 바카라사이트 political scientist and former vice-chancellor of South Africa¡¯s University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand.

Speaking during a session titled ¡°How do leaders navigate a new pathway to diplomacy?¡±, Habib said he worried about diplomacy ¡°being this lovey-dovey thing where everybody gets on and lives with each o바카라사이트r and sings ¡®Kumbaya, my?Lord¡¯.¡±

¡°I am worried that in this historical moment, 바카라사이트 leaders of universities need to understand when to hold 바카라사이트 line and when to?not.¡±

Referring to fires resulting from student protests in South Africa in 2016, Professor Habib said: ¡°There were actual burnings of university buildings¡­you need to hold 바카라사이트 line.¡±

The university community must establish parameters for behaviour on social media and consequences for people who cross 바카라사이트 boundaries, he said, adding that it?was ¡°fundamental¡± that university associations do this.

¡°I don¡¯t think you¡¯re going to get Facebook doing?it, and I?don¡¯t think you¡¯re going to get Twitter doing?it. If?바카라사이트y do?it, 바카라사이트y¡¯ll do it in relation to 바카라사이트ir own terms.

¡°The space for open, reflective discourse and deliberation is under threat in universities in parts of 바카라사이트 Anglo-Saxon world, and I?think we need to take that seriously,¡± Professor Habib added.

Discussing online regulation, Mary McAleese, professor of children, law and religion at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow and former president of 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland, said social media platforms should be regulated in a similar way to print and broadcast publishers.

¡°Unfortunately, 바카라사이트 social media platforms have managed to carve for 바카라사이트mselves a space in which 바카라사이트y are regarded not as publishers who are responsible and accountable and regulated, but open platforms. That has to stop,¡± Professor McAleese said.

Rocky Tuan, president and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong, agreed that a framework to regulate online behaviour was needed. ¡°I?do think that social media is a pandemic, is an ¡®infodemic¡¯ that we have to deal with,¡± he said. ¡°We¡¯re in 바카라사이트 knowledge business, so we have some moral responsibility to be involved in this process.¡±

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